Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

The massive 105-song setlist for Activision and FreeStyleGame’s upcoming DJ Hero 2 has been revealed. In celebration of the event, the Facebook page for the game now features a “name that mix” challenge that presents users with a mixed video and the opportunity to guess which individual songs made up its components. Prizes include tickets to performances of the game’s featured DJs and professional mixing equipment, among others. The contest runs weekly from now until September 21st. The game itself will launch on October 22nd for Playstation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

Konami Digital Entertainment has recently announced that the release of the second video game based on the horror series from Twisted Pictures, will release slightly before the seventh film in its inspired franchise. Saw II: Flesh and Blood will launch on October 19th, ten days prior to Saw 3D‘s (previously Saw VII) October 29th release. Taking place again between the first and second films, players will be put in the role of Detective Tapp’s son, Michael, who must force his way through new traps and puzzles in order to investigate his father’s death. The game will launch on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

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Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

The digital release of games based on Tom Cruise’s old films continue on the Playstation Network. In addition to the recently delayed Top Gun, the film that introduced us to Cruise’s relationship with Nicole Kidman will be getting a video game makeover sometime later this summer. A stock car title bearing not only the Paramount Pictures’ license, but NASCAR’s, is being developed exclusively for the Playstation Network by Piranha Games.

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 5 Comments

The oft-requested setlist from Harmonix’s latest musical opus is upon us, boasting over 80 tracks across 4 decades and even more genres. Rock Band 3 will release on October 16th, 2010 for the Playstation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments

After languishing for three years in development limbo, Surreal Software’s This is Vegas was officially canceled. CVG reports the game had racked up $50 million in costs, and still required 8 months to a year of more development before completion.

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 1 Comment

With the release of Dragon Age 2 set for a release in March 2011, BioWare has announced that it will release the final piece of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins on September 7th. BioWare indicates that this content will serve as the conclusion of the Dragon Age: Origins storyline.

The dlc-package will be known as “Witch Hunt” and continues the story of Morrigan, a major character from the original game. Almost a full year after the events from the original game, Morrigan returns to Ferelden and apparently becomes involved in the theft of an important Dalish artifact. BioWare indicates that players will be able to confront Morrigan in an attempt to get answers from her, take revenge, or reunite with a lost love.

The content will be made available on September 7th for PC, Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 at a price of 560 Microsoft points or $6.99 on Playstation Network. A set of screenshots of the upcoming DLC is included after the jump.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 2 Comments

In the midst of rising criticism from media and politicians surrounding the upcoming first-person shooter Medal of Honor, EA Games president Frank Gibeau has stated that the developer will not surrender its creative vision to these reports. Over the weekend, the British Secretary of Defence Liam Fox voiced his anger and disgust over the fact that the multiplayer aspect of the game allows players to take on the role of Taliban forces and do battle with ISAF forces.

In an interview with Develop, Gibeau stated that “the development teams care very much about what they’re building, and of course a bit of criticism from the media causes some to get demoralised, but at the end of the day we’re proud of what we’re doing.”

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“What’s really important for us is that we partnered with the US military, and the Medal of Honor Society as well. We’ve gone out of our way to produce the best story for the game.”

Additionally, Gibeau stated that he does not understand why movies or books that are set in Afghanistan do not receive similar criticism from these sources. As times evolve, the platforms that people use to tell their stories changes, and Gibeau indicated that he believes that games are becoming one of those platforms.

Medal of Honor will release for PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 12, 2010.

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments

The original Bioshock‘s focus was so deeply ingrained into telling a visual story inspired by its narrative locale, that multi-player didn’t seem to fit within the project. Despite the sequel’s foray into the fray with another developer, the team behind the original may keep this creed in their new entry into the universe, the jingoistic-federalist Bioshock Infinite. Kevin Levine, creative director at Irrational Games, talked to Kotaku about the functionality, and how it may or may not be included.

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Eliot Hagen | No Comments

The kind people at Valve Aperture Science sent us a few screenshots and some infographics about how the new features of their testing facility will affect the test subjects. Have a gander at the gallery below.

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

With the original Deathspank still cooling down after its Xbox Live/Playstation Network release early last month, Hothead is wasting no time in announcing the follow-up to the “Monkey Island meets Diablo” original. Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue, is a stand-alone sequel action-RPG still focused on the trademark humor of creator Ron Gilbert. The story takes the intrepid Deathspank across a war-torn world, the North Pole, and the oceans to find and destroy six mystical thongs that will bring peace into his world. Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue will release on Playstation Network on September 21st, and Xbox Live Arcade on September 22nd, both for $15 (12 Microsoft Points).

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

About as far at the opposite ends of the thematic spectrum as they can be, the song lists for the techno-infused grooving Just Dance 2 and period pop Mafia II have been released in full. You can find both full track lists after the jump Just Dance 2 is promising more tunes as DLC, the disc itself releasing on October 12th in the States. Mafia II launches later this month on August 24th.

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Saturday, August 21st, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

Two anticipated sequels have been given release dates. The Kojima-branded Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will launch on October 5th in the United States for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 (both the regular and collector’s edition); the game will launch in the EU on October 7th, and the UK on October 8th. The series re-boot follows the quest of Gabriel Belmont to acquire the potentially world-saving God Mask, slicing and whipping his way through hordes of enemies straight from the dark ether.

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Saturday, August 21st, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

Image is of Virtua Tennis 2009

A long-running series first epically introduced on the Sega Dreamcast, the latest in the Virtua Tennis franchise was recently revealed and was set for a 2011 release. Virtua Tennis 4 is currently only announced for the Playstation 3, but expected also (at least) on the Xbox 360, the game is supporting both Sony’s Move motion control scheme and full 3-D.

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Friday, August 20th, 2010 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 1 Comment

More than two years after having been released on Xbox Live Arcade to raving reviews, The Behemoth has finally confirmed a release date for Castle Crashers on the Playstation 3. The game will be made available on August 31st in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, for a price of $15.

Castle Crashers was originally released on August 28th, 2008 on the Xbox 360 and went on to win the ‘Game of the Year’, ‘Best Original Game’, and ‘Best Co-op’ awards for the Xbox Live Arcade platform in 2008. It was also one of the first games to sell more than a million copies through this platform.

The Playstation 3 version of the game will include a separate game mode that allows players to play volleyball against other players or the CPU. This minigame was already included in the campaign of the Xbox 360 version, but it did not allow players to replay this sequence without forcing them to play through the level again, nor did it allow players to play against one another.

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Thursday, August 19th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

Grasshopper Manufacture’s (No More Heroes, Killer 7) latest game was revealed today at GamesCom through Suda51. Sine Mora (Latin for “No Delay”), a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade/Playstation Network title to be published by Digital Reality and set for release sometime next year. The game is being pitched as an “innovative shooter” that utilizes “traditional side-scrolling gameplay with unique time manipulation mechanics.”

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